[R] Convert character date time to R date-time variable.
Martin Maechler
m@ech|er @end|ng |rom @t@t@m@th@ethz@ch
Fri Dec 8 09:09:24 CET 2023
>>>>> Ebert,Timothy Aaron
>>>>> on Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:29:09 +0000 writes:
> Look at the lubridate package in R. Regards, Tim
Absolutely *un*needed here !! - as others mention in this
thread.
Very simple with base R:
> strptime("2020-09-17_00:00:00", format = "%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S")
[1] "2020-09-17 CEST"
>
(in my time zone).
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> time to R date-time variable.
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> Colleagues,
> I have a matrix of character data that represents date and
> time. The format of each element of the matrix is
> "2020-09-17_00:00:00" How can I convert the elements into
> a valid R date-time constant?
> Thank you, John
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